Slashed or Defect?!?! :(

I noticed a shimmy at around 60 MPH all of the sudden the other day, just a week after I had my tires rotated and balanced during an oil change. Today, I notice this. I'm not sure if I was slashed, and if so for what reason (i'm a friendly driver!). I'm hoping it's a defect and Toyo will warranty them.

any thoughts? It just doesn't look uniform enough to me to have been sliced purposely.

 

Yikes, I'm not a tire guy but I would'nt think thats a defect. Don't think the tires are made like that to split there. IMO.

 

yeah, i just REEEEALLY want it to be a defect.

 

Thanks for your help.

 

well i work at my local discount tire and ive seen things like close to this it could be a impact break this occurs when the tire experiences a severe impact with anther obeject like a curb or pothole or it could be torque cracking caused by torque deflection in the shoulder plies as the tire rotates underinflation and or overloading are possilbe causes thos are the closest to that i know of bro that look like your tire but its hard to tell

 

Thanks, I think that's certainly a possibility.

 

what make tires?

 

Toyo Open Country A/T

 

off roading? sticks can make some nasty gouges , there are also alot of crazy metal objescts that hide in the bottom of mud pits

 

I haven't been off road with these tires yet.

 

that is not something you should be riding on it could be a impact break
what make tires how old were did you buy them did you buy RH

 

thank you ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

They are Toyo Open Country A/T, they're not more than 6 months old and I bought them directly from a local custom truck shop down here in TX. I'm definitely not driving on it, I just noticed it today and have since put my spare on.

 

How new or old are they?
Bring em back to where you bought em. They might do something for you.
Did you get a tire warranty?

 

well its not looking like a defect but go back the place you got them from
and tell them about it iam sure theirs something that can be done when you
go back be nice to the guy
Us tire guys like that
good luck let me know how you make out

 

Will do, I've already contacted them. They said that they'll try to get Toyo to prorate them, either way they're ordering me one. Bummer.

Thanks for your help!

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it's hard to tell if it's not in person, but from what i've found when it looks even close to that it's ALWAYS a slash. lots of times there's a failed slash on a tire next to a full one so maybe it was just a failed attempt.

 

If u leaved near me, i could get toyo to cover it under road hazard